- hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
- Teak (Tectona), is a genus of tropical hardwood trees in the mint family, Lamiaceae.Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A. & Seberg, O. 2007: Flowering Plant Families of the World. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood
- The large deciduous tree native to India and Southeast Asia that yields this timber
- Hard durable timber used in shipbuilding and for making furniture